The French presence in Cornwall

Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, Franco-Ontarian teachers’ association archive (C50) Editorial by Louis Rocque in Le Droit, on the demands of francophones in the Cornwall area

Industrial expansion in Cornwall in the late 1870s led to an influx of
workers and tradespeople from Quebec. Over the years, Cornwall's
Franco-Ontarian community has asserted its cultural distinctiveness and
paid particular attention to French education and preservation of the
French language.

Photo gallery

Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, BRO1951-10-p18Various shots of École St. Laurent, a high school in Cornwall

Credit: Centre for Research on French-Canadian Culture, University of Ottawa, Franco-Ontarian teachers’ association archive (C50) Editorial by Louis Rocque in Le Droit, on the demands of francophones in the Cornwall area